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FLUX Quartet is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
string quartetA string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments — usually two violins, a viola and cello — or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
dedicated to the performance of
contemporary classical musicContemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.- Categorization :...
. It was founded in 1996 and is based in
New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
. The group is renowned for its performances of
Morton FeldmanMorton Feldman was an American composer, born in New York City.A major figure in 20th century music, Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School of composers also including John Cage, Christian Wolff, and Earle Brown...
's String Quartet no. 2, which lasts for over six hours.
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The
FLUX Quartet is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
string quartetA string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments — usually two violins, a viola and cello — or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
dedicated to the performance of
contemporary classical musicContemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.- Categorization :...
. It was founded in 1996 and is based in
New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
. The group is renowned for its performances of
Morton FeldmanMorton Feldman was an American composer, born in New York City.A major figure in 20th century music, Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School of composers also including John Cage, Christian Wolff, and Earle Brown...
's String Quartet no. 2, which lasts for over six hours.
Their recording of "String Quartet in G, Opus 18" features in the film "
AcceptedAccepted is a comedy film centered around would-be college freshmen, who after being rejected from all the colleges and universities to which they had applied, proceed to "create" their own "college"....
" (2006).